Local firm Studio VARA has completed Fire Country Lookout, a rural retreat in northern California that is wrapped in a protective shell made of standing-seam metal and is equipped to operate off the grid. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/03/18/studio-vara-sonoma-county-house-wildfires/

Architecture studio Adjaye Associates has announced a new leadership structure, eight months after the studio lost numerous projects in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations against its founder. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/03/18/adjaye-associates-restructure-ceos/

Local studio Lissoni Architecture has expanded the Design Holding flagship in New York City, creating an entirely new floor outfitted with light displays and curving metallic installations. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/03/18/lissoni-architecture-expansion-design-holdig-melting-pot-attitude/

Architecture studios Sasaki Associates and Foster + Partners are masterplanning a smart city for up to a million people on Sherbro island in Sierra Leone. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/03/18/idris-elba-foster-partners-sierra-leone-island-city/

UK architecture studio Richard Parr Associates has completed a single-storey family residence on a wild countryside site in Oxfordshire. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/03/18/richard-parr-associates-a-modern-oasis-oxfordshire-uk/

Peter Barber's architecture proves that providing social housing at scale without making the design mistakes of the past is eminently possible, writes Owen Hatherley as part of our Social Housing Revival series. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/03/18/peter-barber-owen-hatherley-opinion-social-housing-revival/

Architecture group Architects for Gaza has launched the Gaza Global University to offer free education to architecture students impacted by the Israel-Hamas conflict. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/03/18/architects-for-gaza-university-education-architecture-students/

Dezeen Showroom: clean lines meet mid-century detailing in the Hampton collection of sofas and chairs by British brand Morgan. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/03/18/hampton-seating-collection-morgan-dezeen-showroom/

Architect Eric Owen Moss, designer Jay Osgerby, artist Pilar Zeta, design director Noella Nibakuze and interior designer Betsy Smith have been announced as Dezeen Awards 2024 judges. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/03/18/jay-osgerby-pilar-zeta-noella-nibakuze-judges-dezeen-awards-2024/

In response to the growing interest among Pinterest users in earthy interiors, we have rounded up eleven refined rammed-earth projects from our Pinterest.
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/03/18/rammed-earth-pinterest-roundup-2/